I had to pick up a prescription and then I went for a London fog and a little treat at the cafe before my volunteer shift at the aquarium.

It was pretty steady and we were short one volunteer. So I was pretty busy the whole time.

I spoke to the volunteer coordinator to let him know I may be needing another extended break for treatment which he was totally fine with. Hopefully, I won’t but I’m not forcing myself in if I’m sick.

Our resident octopus was very active.

First, please raise a glass to my mom. She'd have been 84 today*. Please excuse my post-workout crazy beard. Because that's what happened. Didn't break away during the day for a workout, so resolved to get it in after the kids went down. I just didn't have it in me to get that 5th rep of deadlift at 225. I've got a lifetime 1RM of 305, so this is a little disappointing. BUT, i was trying to concentrate on not rounding my back, so I'm glad I erred on the side of caution.

The leg curls/extensions were easy peasy last time, so I upped the weight. The lunges? Holy crap. You can tell I've never seriously had lunges as part of my programming. 2 sets in of each and I bailed. There's always the next time.

Finally, the purposeful walk, because that's about all I had in me.

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You know how much I like my walks and how great they are for my mental and physical health, but days I skip are straight up LUXURIOUS.  Getting the additional 2.5+ hours back in my day (1.5 hours for the walk plus prep/recovery, shower) add soooo much.  

In the time between daycare drop-off (8 a.m.) and pick-up (2:30 p.m.) of Erp, I was able to... 

Make French Press coffee along with a more complicated breakfast than just eggs

Load / unload / put away three loads of laundry (including stripping a bed and making it)

Get bench press and deadlifts in

Make a salad for lunch

Catch up on Tumblr 

Get all the baby snuggles

Bloggidy blog blog

And I still have an hour left!!

Aug turned three months yesterday and it’s been both the longest and shortest three months of my life!  It feels like she’s always been part of my world and I’m just so gosh darn smitten with this baby!!  

Kevin’s been extra extra stressed lately due to his Step 3 exam coming up in a few weeks.  My husband before tests is my least favorite version of him and I caaaan’t wait for it to be behind him.  Thankfully, this is his last major test for a good bit.  

The only thing I want to accomplish this weekend is managing to take a family selfie that’s good enough to use for holiday cards.  I want to try and order cards in the next 9 days so I can take advantage of the early-bird Shutterfly 50% off code I got in the mail (42T2-2RCF-JZWM-WTGCZ5).